There was once a great hero. He fought against all the odds and conquered each one. His enemies were strong, but he and his friends and family were stronger. He fought not for money or fame, but to protect the earth' and better himself. He loved the earth and would do anything to protect it, for it was his home.
His story is great, but it has also come to an end.
He fought bravely against Earth's strongest threat, Buu. A being of pure evil and great malice. It was a hard fought battle. One that took everything he and the whole of his world had to offer to end.
During those final moments he wished to fight that opponent again, this time for the fun of it all instead of one off survival.
Yes this was Goku's final battle against evil and it's time for a new hero to take center stage.
Soon the fate of the galaxy well rest on his shoulders, but will he be able to honor the legacy of his predecessor? Only time will tell.
This is the fight of Uub.
This is his.
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"Hah!" Goku grunted as he fired a blast of ki at his teenage protege.
Uub Dodged it by flying into the sky. "You're going to have to try harder then that, teacher!"
Goku smiled and raised his fingers to his head. "You bet, Uub!" He teleported away.
Uub glanced around himself. "Not below.. Not to the left.. Or the right.. Then that means!" UUb charged up a pink ki blast and fired upwards, just as Goku transmissioned there.
"!" Goku was temporarily shocked but quickly recovered and deflected the attack away.
"Got you know!" Uub yelled as he sped towards goku with a fist cocked back.
"Not quite." As Uub punched Goku his fist went right through him.
"After image!?" Uub yelled. Goku appeared right above Uub and drived his elbow straight into his back, sending him straight to the ground.
Goku smiled and then set himself into his firing position. "Kaaa... Meee...!"
Uub crashed into the ground and struggled to his feet. He looked up at the glowing figure of Goku. He smiled wildly. "You really aren't holding back, huh master?" He held out his left hand and gripped it with his right hand. "But.. I'm going to surpass you, no matter what!" Orbs of pink energy started to rise off the ground and floated towards his hand.
"Haaaa.. MEEE!" Goku transformed into a super saiyan as he focused all his energy into his attack.
"Take this, teacher! Phoenix driver!" The pink energy erupted from the hands of Uub and flew straight at Goku.
"HAAAA!" Goku screamed as he retaliated against the attack.
The pink and blue attacks collided and a shockwave ripped through the valley they were in. The two attacks struggled against each other, vying for dominance. The two warriors roared as they poured as much ki into attacks as they could. Eventually, after what seemed like an eternity, the Uub's attack overcame Goku's and pushed forward to Goku.
Seeing this as a lost cause, Goku maneuvered out of the way of the attack which went soaring away into space. Goku looked down at Uub and saw that instead of being exhausted after hours of fighting he was still perfectly energetic. If anything, Uub was even stronger than he was when they started.
Goku smiled through his own personal exhaustion and flew down to the ground.
"You've gotten so much stronger, Uub. I'd say you're only a few years from surpassing me." Goku complimented.
Uub smiled and then settled himself into his fighting stance. "A few years? Give me a month, max, and I'll be lapping you, Grandpa." Uub joked.
Goku laughed loudly before settling into a horse stance. "How bout we see how far you really are." Goku powered himself up even further and transformed into a super saiyan 2.
Uub charged forward and engaged in a high speed melee with his mentor. At first he wasn't able to land a hit on him, but as the battle raged on Goku's punches started to miss more while Uub's started to land more often.
'He's getting faster...!' Goku thought.
'I can do this! I can win!' Uub thought.
Goku ducked under a punch and sweeped out Uub's legs sending him in the air. Uub, while still in the air, swung out his leg which Goku blocked with both arms. Uub capitalized on the opening and attack Goku's unprotected side by firing a blast straight at Goku's unprotected face.
While Goku was recovering, Uub backflipped away to gain some distance before holding out his hands in a familiar stance. "Phoenix... Drive!" This time, though to how quick he charged it, no energy balls rose from the ground.
The blast connected with Goku causing another shockwave to rip through the valley.
Uub stood triumphant at his accomplishment. "I did it! I beat Goku!"
"You're not quite there yet." A voice came from behind him. Uub slowly turned around to see Goku crouched over with a kamehameha readied in his hands.
"Oh crap baskets..."
"HAAAA!" Goku fired the attack at Uub's unprotected back, sending the protege flying. Goku panted and rubbed the sweat from his brow. He then de-powered. "It's getting harder and harder to beat him." Goku smiled brightly at the prospect of one day losing to Uub.
"Ughh..." Uub groaned as he stood from the crater. His back on ached, but the pain was already fading away. Goku used instant transmission to appear right before his teenage student.
"You okay?" Goku questioned.
Uub dusted off his clothes only to notice that the gi he was wearing was completely ruined. "Well I'm okay.. But my clothes..? Not so much." Uub chuckled.
"Well, that's what spares are for." Goku started laughing as he patted his protege's shoulders.
"So, master, how is my training progressing?" Uub questioned.
"Perfectly. You're easily a match for super saiyan 2 and, with enough experience, you would even be able to beat." Goku complimented.
Uub rubbed his chin. "Experience..? How can I get that if the world is safe?" With the world safe and no major threat in fifteen years their was no one to really test himself against. He could have all the power in the world, but it wouldn't make up for actual experience in battle.
"Hmm.." Goku himself was starting to wonder that. Uub was an incredibly gifted young fighter ( the kid had even gone so far as to have make his own attacks based off of what Goku had taught) but he couldn't gain true experience by fighting the same person over and over again.
"Aha!" An idea popped into his head.
"Do you have an idea, master?"
Goku smiled and rubbed the hair on Uub's head that had grown out to reach past his neck and spiked all over the place while still retaining it's mohawk shape. "I just remembered! There are two people who should share an equal level of strength as you! They'd be perfect to help you out."
Uub's smile stretched out across his face. "Really!? That's great! Why didn't you tell me about them sooner!?"
"I forgot." Goku scratched the back of his head as Uub fell over in shock.
"Y-you forgot!?" Uub yelled in his master's face. Goku just laughed nervously in response.
"Yeah, my bad," Goku straightened up and held a finger out. "Anyway, Their names are Goten and Trunks and if they've kept up with their training they should be perfect for you!"
"Really!? Then what are we waiting for! Let's head there now!" Uub exclamained.
"Hold your horses. We gotta pick up our stuff from the house," Goku said.
"Oh, right." Uub rubbed the top of his head sheepishly. Goku grabbed his shoulder and teleported them to a familiar place.
They found themselves standing before the place where Goku's journey began. They were at Goku's childhood home. A place that, prior to beginning his training with Uub, Goku hadn't been too in more than two decades. Goku felt this was the perfect place to train Uub at.
Uub quickly walked into the small house and went to his room. He picked out his outfit to replace his destroyed outfit. It was incredibly similar to Goku's own outfit, except his was a dark green where Goku's gi was blue. His pants were a dark black and he had orange boots with black tips. He had two black armbands wrapped around his biceps.
To wrap it up he had golden earrings on.
"Uub! Come quick!" Heating the panic in his master's voice, Uub rushed out the house leaving the rest of his clothing behind instead of packing it.
He arrived to see what had his master so panicked. The sky had darkened despite being midday and a large green dragon could be seen rising into the sky. While his master hadn't told him everything about about his adventure, the dragon balls were a tale that was hard to avoid. He knew of their great powers to grant nearly any wish and he also knew right away that it wasn't any of his master's friends who summoned it.
If there was an emergency that required their use Goku would have been notified immediately. The two made eye contact before nodding at each and flew off to investigate.
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"Yes! Finally! World domination is mine!" The blue skinned self proclaimed emperor Pilaf proclaimed. "Come here Mai! Shu! Dance with me!" He said to his two minions
"Wow. it took years.. But we actually managed to do it..! And no Goku in sight!" Mai said with a shocked smile on her was a tall, fairly attractive woman despite her age. She possessed long black hair and possed blue eyes. She wore a long grey coat and beige pants.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Cheered Shu, a walking, talking dog. He had brown fur and wore a ninja outfit.
"You have summoned me, now, state your wish." The great dragon Shenron stated.
"Of course, of course! Now! I can finally become ruler of this pathetic planet!" Pilaf shouted.
"Oh really? Guess I'll have to stop you then." A vice ranged out from behind them. The three quickly turned around to see two figures floating down to them. Once they landed it was clear to see who was the older if the two. The younger one was brown skinned and his hair reached the older ones shoulder.
The older was easily recognizable despite the size and age difference do to his distinct hairstyle.
"G-g-g-g-Goku!" The three called out.
'"Phew.. You guys had me worried for a minute there. I thought someone dangerous had gotten their hands on the dragon balls," Goku let out a sigh of relief as he saw who summoned the dragon balls. He then started nervously rubbing the back of his head, "Would you guys mind, uhh, wishing for something a bit more peaceful? Like an all you can eat buffet?"
"Teacher, who are these people?" The young one asked while pointing at them.
"Oh they're...! Huh... Hey can you guys jog my memory? I kinda forgot your names," Goku said with a nervous chuckle.
"Teacher, your memory is terrible," the young one said while slumped over.
Goku just laughed nervously.
All the while the other three present shock in fear.
'No! This can't be happening again! I was so close! No! I refuse to let my dream end here!' Pilaf thought before reaching into his coat. He pulled out a capsule and threw it the ground. A puff of smoke later he was now sitting in the cockpit of a large mech. "I REFUSE!" He fired several missiles at the two.
Seeing the attack coming the two easily deflected the missiles away sending down careening far away to detonate harmlessly.
Once again the three stared in fear at the two. "It's not fair...! I've come s o close..!" Pilaf grounded out in between two clenched jaws. "If only you were that same snot nosed little brat...! I could easily trounce you!"
Both Goku and Uub started in confusion at the ranting man.
"I wish you were that same kid from back then...! Then I'd knock you down a peg!"
"It has been spoken, so shall it be." Shenron spoke as his eyes glowed red.
A bright light over came goku be fire that light shrunk revealing Goku's, but much smaller wearing an orange gi instead of his other outfit.
"Teacher!" Uub reached out and grabbed the passed out child. "Teacher! Teacher wake up!"
Pilaf stared an shock at the turn off event. "That worked...!? A mean of course it worked! For I, the great and mighty Emperor Pilaf, am a true genius!" Pilaf starting performing a victory celebration by once again dancing with his subordinates.
"State your second wish." The voice of shenron ranged through.
"What! Second wish you'll do that- ahem- I mean of course I knew this. Why else would I use a precious wish on Goku." Pilaf huffed
"Wow! How impressive, master!" Shu said.
"Why don't I believe you? Oh well we've finally beat Goku and we still have a fresh wish!" Mai smiled.
Yes yes! A fresh wish!" Pilaf responded. He glanced over at the young warrior still clutching the body off Goku. A wicked smile crossed his face as an idea came to min. He turned towards Shenron and asked it a question. "Tell me dragon. Can these fools undo my wish?" Pilaf asked.
"Only if I were the one undoing it. State your second wish."
"Hehehehe...HaHaHaHaHa! Great dragon I command you! Scatter across the galaxy so that these fools may never find you!"
"It shall be done." The dragon's eyes lit up once again before bursting into seven balls of light that flew off into the open sky like a blue bird.
"Hahaha! With that we're free to hunt after the dragon balls once they return without the worry of Goku! He'll be stuck as a kid the whole time." Pilaf continued to dance on his lonesome while his two subordinates lucked at him with deadpan expressions.
"Should we tell him..?" Shu wondered.
"No. we're going to be hearing him complaining about this for months. Let's enjoy this while we can."Mai responded.
"All of you bastards... Leave!" The voice of the young one called the looked and saw that his eyes were glowing red as he looked ready to devour them. The three climbed over each other to escape in Pilafs robot that grew rocket boosters. And flew.
It was at this moment Goku groaned as he awoke.
:"Teacher! Are you okay!" Uub asked as the red left his eyes.
"Teacher? Who's that? And who are you? Where's Bulma?" The young Goku asked as he sat up in a rush.
To this change of events Uub only had one thing to say.
"Ahh crap-baskets."
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AN: The chapter title is an obvious reference to One Piece, sue me.
Anyway I plan on this being something of a stress relief whenever I reach a roadblock on my other story, so this will be updated in between chapters of my other chapter.
I make no claim to be a better writer than the people who wrote GT, this is merely for fun.
This story is an AU where Battle of Gods and everything pertaining to it has never happened and probably never will. So don't expect Beerus or his elk to be an this story.
Until next time, Au Revoir.
